(6190) Rennes Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 October 1989 by M. Koishikawa at Ayashi.
Named for the city in France, Rennes is the international sister city of Sendai, Japan, affiliated since 1997. It is the center of administration and culture in Brittany.Naming citation (19990202/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rennes is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rennes is 2.71 au from the Sun and 2.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6190 |
| Provisional designation | 1989 TJ1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.43 km (#5,461 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0950 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.54 |
| Orbital period | 4.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.81 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.56 – 3.07 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0903 |
| Inclination | 1.68° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.56 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 8 October 1989
More named asteroids discovered by M. Koishikawa
- (3994) Ayashi
- (4292) Aoba
- (4407) Taihaku
- (4539) Miyagino
- (4871) Riverside
- (5128) Wakabayashi
- (5751) Zao
- (6089) Izumi
- (6349) Acapulco
- (6859) Datemasamune
- (7485) Changchun
- (7816) Hanoi
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